The natural history of animals, vegetables, and minerals;. with the theory of the earth in general. Translated from the French of Count de Buffon. .... By W. Kenrick, L.L.D. and J. Murdoch. ...
Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon (1707-1788)
Category
Books
Date
1775 - 1776
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3159137.3
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.3.,plates : ill. ; 8vo. Provenance: Nineteenth-century small armorial bookplate: Calke Abbey library [associated with Sir George Crewe,8th Baronet (1795-1844) and his son, Sir John Harpur Crewe, 9th Baronet (1824-1886)]. Bookplate covers former inscription. Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf; gilt tooled spine and board edges; five raised bands; gilt lettered spine-label: Buffon’s Natural history.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.
Makers and roles
Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon (1707-1788)